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When We First Met #5

Each day in June you’ll get an entry showing you the first appearance of seemingly minor characters, phrases, objects or events that later became notable parts of comic book lore. Not major stuff like “the first appearance of Superman,” but rather, “the first time someone said, ‘Avengers Assemble!'” or “the first appearance of Batman’s giant penny” or “the first appearance of Alfred Pennyworth” or “the first time Spider-Man’s face was shown half-Spidey/half-Peter.” Stuff like that. Here is an archive of what I’ve featured so far.

Enjoy!

First Appearance of S.T.A.R. Labs

As per commenter Dominic’s request, let’s take a look at December 1971’s Superman #246, where writer Len Wein and artists Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson first took us to S.T.A.R. Labs…